Public transport
service planning software

Accessible public transit for everyone

Equity in public transit is about the fair distribution of resources and services to ensure that all communities, especially those historically marginalized or underserved, have adequate access to public transportation.  

PTV Lines ensures that your public transit serves as a tool for social inclusion and mobility by supporting you in analyzing your service on the following aspects: 

• Service Availability: Ensuring transit services are available in all areas, especially in low-income and minority neighborhoods.  
• Accessibility: Making transit systems accessible to people with disabilities by analyzing transfer times and assess transfer efficiency. Identify and rectify redundant or irregular trip patterns for enhanced service reliability.  
• Frequency and Reliability: Offering frequent and reliable service to reduce waiting times and ensure timely connections.

In a complex transit network where various transportation systems intertwine, the need for seamless coordination during detours or network remodeling is paramount. Imagine a scenario where a planner needs to recalibrate the course of a transit line to align perfectly with the existing infrastructure. This is precisely where PTV Lines excels. With its advanced modeling capabilities, PTV Lines empowers planners to meticulously redesign transit routes, ensuring they seamlessly integrate with the correct transit infrastructure. Whether it's adjusting for detours or optimizing for efficiency, PTV Lines provides the tools necessary to navigate the intricacies of transit network management with precision and ease.

With PTV Lines, you can easily create variants of routes and simultaneously adjust trips and the network for optimal results. You'll see changes in production indicators and catchment area figures immediately when you change the scenario or compare several scenarios. It allows you to compare up to 5 scenarios with each other at the line level and export all indicators as a .csv file. Additionally, you can analyze reachability to workplaces, schools, and any user’s background data within the catchment area of stops and lines.

Accessibility analysis is a powerful tool for planners, to assess how mobility measures enable people to travel to various destinations. By using accessibility analysis, planners get deep understanding of what works, and what are the barriers to better connectivity.

Analyze connections between stops to identify transfer times and assess transfer efficiency. Identify and rectify redundant or irregular trip patterns for enhanced service reliability.